>I haven't seen any postings regarding the robbery/beating in a
>while. Mr. Graham, the citizens of Columbia Heights are not going to
>just forget about this incident.
>
>Do you have any updates for us? Is there, in fact, an arrest warrant
>for the alleged perpetrator; and has it been executed?
>
>Randy Knepp
>Col. Hgts. Resident
>
>
>
>--- In columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com, "Barbara Coleman"
><barb@c...> wrote:
>> I have this horrible feeling that the police haven't a clue as to
>the
>> whereabouts of the other perp who supposedly "lives in Maryland."
>Chief
>> Ramsey said in his response that "warrant for his arrest is
>currently being
>> sought." Why would they "seek" a warrant rather than "issue" a
>warrant?
>>
>> And of course, because policies are lax as to what to do with these
>> thieving, assaulting kids once caught, I am certain that's why the
>policeman
>> involved let the one go and didn't pursue the second one. He'd
>have to
>> baby-sit them at the PSA until their parent came to retrieve them.
>>
>> Well, since both kids are back in Columbia Heights, roaming around
>on our
>> streets, making threats to the witness, can we get a description
>of these
>> kids (if one was noted in the report, or if there was an initial
>report
>> written), so the thousands of us who live in and around the
>location of the
>> crime, can try to avoid another needless beating while Chief
>Ramsey sends us
>> more excellent reports on the status quo.
>>
>> Barb
>>
>> PS One tidbit of good news was in the Post Metro section this
>morning
>> regarding an arrest for the murder of a man at 2:30 a.m. at 14th
>and
>> Columbia Road. The police were on foot, walking a beat, when they
>caught
>> the shooter. We have been requesting, demanding foot patrols.
>See, what we
>> ask for can work to solve some of these egregious crimes against
>our
>> citizens.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David McIntire [mailto:dmcintir@m...]
>> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 11:39 AM
>> To: ustreetnews@yahoogroups.com;
>> 13th-14th-irving-kenyon@c...; NCHCA@yahoogroups.com;
>> PSA_414_Orange_Hat_Patrol@yahoogroups.com;
>> taskforce@c...; r.f@m...;
>> columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com; ch-discussion@c...;
>> HolmeadVillage@yahoogroups.com; LeDroitPark@m...;
>> MountPleasantDC@yahoogroups.com;
>MonroeStreetAssoc@yahoogroups.com; JOHN
>> - SafeStreetsDC
>> Subject: Re: [columbia_heights] Freed robbery/beating suspect
>> intimidates young boy
>>
>>
>> John,
>>
>> Evette's son said the suspect who was freed by the police was
>looking all
>> around during the robbery and assault. In other words, HE WAS THE
>LOOKOUT!!
>>
>> He very well might be the ringleader in that he is the one with
>the excuse
>> for the police and took it upon himself to threaten Evette's son
>yesterday,
>> just one week after the assault. He certainly doesn't have much
>fear of the
>> police or seem worried that he might be punished.
>>
>> Dave McIntire
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: JOHN - SafeStreetsDC
>> To: David McIntire ; ustreetnews@yahoogroups.com ;
>> 13th-14th-irving-kenyon@c... ; NCHCA@yahoogroups.com ;
>> PSA_414_Orange_Hat_Patrol@yahoogroups.com ; taskforce@c... ;
>> r.f@m... ; columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com ;
>> ch-discussion@c... ; HolmeadVillage@yahoogroups.com ;
>> LeDroitPark@m... ; MountPleasantDC@yahoogroups.com ;
>> MonroeStreetAssoc@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 2:22 PM
>> Subject: [columbia_heights] Freed robbery/beating suspect
>intimidates young
>> boy
>>
>>
>> What's particularly troubling about the news that the released
>> robbery/beating suspect in Columbia Heights is now trying to
>intimidate the
>> witness's son, is that just this past Friday Chief Ramsey made a
>big
>> hullabaloo about how he was increasing the reward money for
>witnesses to
>> homicides, in order to motivate them to come forward. (It's a
>common
>> refrain of Chief Ramsey's to blame the city's increasing homicide
>rate on
>> the fact that witnesses don't feel safe coming forward.) This
>incident
>> shows quite clearly why witnesses may not feel comfortable coming
>forward
>> in the District.
>>
>> Evette went above and beyond the call by intervening to stop a
>bloody
>> assault on an elderly man, and then chasing the suspects in her
>car,
>> getting a security guard, and having them detained. Yet what is
>her
>> reward? The suspect is immediately let go and now is confronting
>her young
>> son and asking "Why'd you snitch, man?" This is the same suspect
>that
>> Chief Ramsey told us on Friday "was present at the time of the
>incident and
>> told the suspect not to commit the robbery/assault. After
>witnessing the
>> incident, out of fear, he began to run." This kid hardly sounds
>like he
>> understands the gravity of the crime, as Chief Ramsey would like
>us to
>> believe (remember, the elderly gentleman was kicked so hard that
>reportedly
>> his entire face was bloody, there was blood all over his
>groceries, and he
>> was taken away in an ambulance and now can't remember a thing
>about the
>> attack).
>>
>> A neighbor made an interesting comment yesterday about this
>incident:
>>
>> "If you're a bystander at a war protest you get hogtied, but if
>you're a
>> bystander at a brutal beating..."
>>
>> JOHN
>>
>>
>>
>> At 10:31 AM 7/27/2003 -0400, David McIntire wrote:
>> >Sorry, Jim. No one has been arrested.
>> >
>> >I talked with Evette today, Sunday, and she told me that last
>night about 8
>> >pm the boy who Chief Ramsey says did not participate in the
>robbery and
>> >assault approached her teenage son (who along with Evette,
>witnessed the
>> >events). The boy said to Evette's son "Why'd you snitch, man".
>> >
>> >There you have it - a courageous woman going way beyond her duty
>to help
>> her
>> >community and her family have now been threatened as well as
>subjected to a
>> >cover-up by our Chief of Police and aided and abetted by our very
>own City
>> >Councilman.
>> >
>> >IT IS TIME TO GET OFF THE DIME!! Stop with the HORSE SHIT!! Do
>everything
>> >possible to apprehend these two plagues on our community. If this
>woman or
>> >her family is injured because of the lack of courage by our
>politicians and
>> >deriliction of duty by our police, there is GOING TO BE HELL TO
>PAY!!
>> >
>> >Dave McIntire
>>
>>
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>I haven't seen any postings regarding the robbery/beating in a
>while. Mr. Graham, the citizens of Columbia Heights are not going to
>just forget about this incident.
>
>Do you have any updates for us? Is there, in fact, an arrest warrant
>for the alleged perpetrator; and has it been executed?
>
>Randy Knepp
>Col. Hgts. Resident
>
>
>
>--- In columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com, "Barbara Coleman"
><barb@c...> wrote:
>> I have this horrible feeling that the police haven't a clue as to
>the
>> whereabouts of the other perp who supposedly "lives in Maryland."
>Chief
>> Ramsey said in his response that "warrant for his arrest is
>currently being
>> sought." Why would they "seek" a warrant rather than "issue" a
>warrant?
>>
>> And of course, because policies are lax as to what to do with these
>> thieving, assaulting kids once caught, I am certain that's why the
>policeman
>> involved let the one go and didn't pursue the second one. He'd
>have to
>> baby-sit them at the PSA until their parent came to retrieve them.
>>
>> Well, since both kids are back in Columbia Heights, roaming around
>on our
>> streets, making threats to the witness, can we get a description
>of these
>> kids (if one was noted in the report, or if there was an initial
>report
>> written), so the thousands of us who live in and around the
>location of the
>> crime, can try to avoid another needless beating while Chief
>Ramsey sends us
>> more excellent reports on the status quo.
>>
>> Barb
>>
>> PS One tidbit of good news was in the Post Metro section this
>morning
>> regarding an arrest for the murder of a man at 2:30 a.m. at 14th
>and
>> Columbia Road. The police were on foot, walking a beat, when they
>caught
>> the shooter. We have been requesting, demanding foot patrols.
>See, what we
>> ask for can work to solve some of these egregious crimes against
>our
>> citizens.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David McIntire [mailto:dmcintir@m...]
>> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 11:39 AM
>> To: ustreetnews@yahoogroups.com;
>> 13th-14th-irving-kenyon@c...; NCHCA@yahoogroups.com;
>> PSA_414_Orange_Hat_Patrol@yahoogroups.com;
>> taskforce@c...; r.f@m...;
>> columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com; ch-discussion@c...;
>> HolmeadVillage@yahoogroups.com; LeDroitPark@m...;
>> MountPleasantDC@yahoogroups.com;
>MonroeStreetAssoc@yahoogroups.com; JOHN
>> - SafeStreetsDC
>> Subject: Re: [columbia_heights] Freed robbery/beating suspect
>> intimidates young boy
>>
>>
>> John,
>>
>> Evette's son said the suspect who was freed by the police was
>looking all
>> around during the robbery and assault. In other words, HE WAS THE
>LOOKOUT!!
>>
>> He very well might be the ringleader in that he is the one with
>the excuse
>> for the police and took it upon himself to threaten Evette's son
>yesterday,
>> just one week after the assault. He certainly doesn't have much
>fear of the
>> police or seem worried that he might be punished.
>>
>> Dave McIntire
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: JOHN - SafeStreetsDC
>> To: David McIntire ; ustreetnews@yahoogroups.com ;
>> 13th-14th-irving-kenyon@c... ; NCHCA@yahoogroups.com ;
>> PSA_414_Orange_Hat_Patrol@yahoogroups.com ; taskforce@c... ;
>> r.f@m... ; columbia_heights@yahoogroups.com ;
>> ch-discussion@c... ; HolmeadVillage@yahoogroups.com ;
>> LeDroitPark@m... ; MountPleasantDC@yahoogroups.com ;
>> MonroeStreetAssoc@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 2:22 PM
>> Subject: [columbia_heights] Freed robbery/beating suspect
>intimidates young
>> boy
>>
>>
>> What's particularly troubling about the news that the released
>> robbery/beating suspect in Columbia Heights is now trying to
>intimidate the
>> witness's son, is that just this past Friday Chief Ramsey made a
>big
>> hullabaloo about how he was increasing the reward money for
>witnesses to
>> homicides, in order to motivate them to come forward. (It's a
>common
>> refrain of Chief Ramsey's to blame the city's increasing homicide
>rate on
>> the fact that witnesses don't feel safe coming forward.) This
>incident
>> shows quite clearly why witnesses may not feel comfortable coming
>forward
>> in the District.
>>
>> Evette went above and beyond the call by intervening to stop a
>bloody
>> assault on an elderly man, and then chasing the suspects in her
>car,
>> getting a security guard, and having them detained. Yet what is
>her
>> reward? The suspect is immediately let go and now is confronting
>her young
>> son and asking "Why'd you snitch, man?" This is the same suspect
>that
>> Chief Ramsey told us on Friday "was present at the time of the
>incident and
>> told the suspect not to commit the robbery/assault. After
>witnessing the
>> incident, out of fear, he began to run." This kid hardly sounds
>like he
>> understands the gravity of the crime, as Chief Ramsey would like
>us to
>> believe (remember, the elderly gentleman was kicked so hard that
>reportedly
>> his entire face was bloody, there was blood all over his
>groceries, and he
>> was taken away in an ambulance and now can't remember a thing
>about the
>> attack).
>>
>> A neighbor made an interesting comment yesterday about this
>incident:
>>
>> "If you're a bystander at a war protest you get hogtied, but if
>you're a
>> bystander at a brutal beating..."
>>
>> JOHN
>>
>>
>>
>> At 10:31 AM 7/27/2003 -0400, David McIntire wrote:
>> >Sorry, Jim. No one has been arrested.
>> >
>> >I talked with Evette today, Sunday, and she told me that last
>night about 8
>> >pm the boy who Chief Ramsey says did not participate in the
>robbery and
>> >assault approached her teenage son (who along with Evette,
>witnessed the
>> >events). The boy said to Evette's son "Why'd you snitch, man".
>> >
>> >There you have it - a courageous woman going way beyond her duty
>to help
>> her
>> >community and her family have now been threatened as well as
>subjected to a
>> >cover-up by our Chief of Police and aided and abetted by our very
>own City
>> >Councilman.
>> >
>> >IT IS TIME TO GET OFF THE DIME!! Stop with the HORSE SHIT!! Do
>everything
>> >possible to apprehend these two plagues on our community. If this
>woman or
>> >her family is injured because of the lack of courage by our
>politicians and
>> >deriliction of duty by our police, there is GOING TO BE HELL TO
>PAY!!
>> >
>> >Dave McIntire
>>
>>
>>
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